Target-carrier.



' A. A STILLMAN.

TARGET GARRIER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1909. V

Patented Aug. 15,1911.

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A. A. STILLMAN.

TARGET CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1909.

Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

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ALBERT A. STILLMAN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

TARGET-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

Application filed April 19, 1909. Serial No. 490,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. STILLMAN, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Target-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the production of a particularly simple and efficient target carrier; and it consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan, partly broken away, of my target carrier, contiguous supports for parts thereof being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a section on line A--A, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of parts seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of parts seen in Fig. 1, looking toward the bottom of the sheet. Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating the electrical connections and switch associated with my target carrier. 7

This target carrier comprises a reciprocally movable support 1 for the target, a rotating driving element 2, and means for connecting the driving element and the support whereby the support may be moved first in one direction from its normal positionand then in the opposite direction, in other words from either end of the shooting gallery or range to the other.

The target support 1 may be of any desirable form, size and construction and is provided with a depending arm 3 having a suitable catch 4 for engaging and holding the target sheet 5. The driving element 2 is here shown as a horizontal rotating shaft journaled in suitable bearings 6 located at the upper end of standards 7 supported on a,

common base 8 which is here shown as elevated above one end of the gallery usually the shooters ends.

The means connecting the driving element 2 and the support 1 comprises driving pulleys 9, 10 loosely mounted on the shaft 2 and spaced thereon, a pulley 11 located a distance from the pulleys 9, 10 and usually at the target end of the gallery, a pulley 12 supported by the base 8 and arranged at an angle to the pulleys 9, 10, and a belt 13 passing around the driving pulleys 9, 10 and having its intermediate portions looped around the pulleys 11, 12, the belt 13 being suitably connected to the support 1 in order to move the same forwardly and rearwardly. Preferably the support is guided in its movement by a rail lat extending lengthwise of the shooting gallery or range.

Either of the driving pulleys 9, 10 may be connected to the shaft 2 in order to rotate therewith, by a friction clutch member 15, mounted on and rotatable with the shaft 2, between the pulleys 9, 10, said member being normally disengaged from both pulleys 9, 10 and slidable axially on the shaft 2 in either direction, in order to frictionally engage one or the other of the pulleys 9, 10, so that the driving pulley 9 or 10 will rotate with the shaft 2 and move the portion of the belt 13 connected to support in either one direction or the other. When the left hand pulley 9, Fig. 1, is connected to the shaft, assuming that the shaft rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow, the support 1 will be moved toward the pulleys 9, 10, or toward the shooter, and when the right hand pulley 10 is connected to the shaft 2 the target support will be returned to its normal position.

The clutch member is shifted by means of a'vertical rock arm 16,1nounted on a rock shaft 17 journaled in the base 8, the arm 16 having an engaging member 18 at its upper end extending into an annular groove 19 formed in the clutch member. The shaft 17 extends rearwardly through a frame 20 at the-shooters end of the gallery and is provided with a rock arm 21 on the rear side of the frame 20, the rock arm 21 being connected to two handles 22 arranged on opposite sides of the frame 20. The handles are connected to the rock arm 21 by any suitable means here shown as bell crank levers 23, and links 24 connecting the bell crank levers and the rock arm 21. Obviously as either one or the other of the handles 22 is operated the clutch member will be moved from its neutral position into engagement with either one or the other of the driving pulleys 9, 10. The clutch member is moved to, and held in, its neutral position by a spring 25 act-ing on the rock arm 26 provided on the shaft 17.

The driving shaft 2 is actuated by an ele ctrio motor 27, Fig. 5, which is connected in an electric circuit including two terminals 28 and 29 and a switch 30 extending between the terminals and being normally out of contact therewith. The switch 30 is moved into engagement with the terminal 28 when the clutch member 15 is shifted into engagement with the pulley l0, and into contact wit-l1 the terminal 29 when said member is shifted into engagement with the pulley 9.

As here shown the switch 30 is operated by the arm 21 and engages a block of insulation 31 on the end of said arm.

By my invention the shooter by throwing the clutch 15 into engagement with the pulley 10 can bring the target support in reach in order to examine the target or place a new one on the support, and by throwing the clutch into engagement with the pulley 9 move the target back to its normal position.

What I claim is 1. A target carrier comprising a movable support for the target, a rotatable driving element, means for connecting the driving element and the support whereby the support may be moved in reverse directions, said means including a clutch member normally arranged in aneutral position and shiftable in one direction from its neutral position for effecting the movement of the support in a forward direction and shiftable in the opposite direction from its neutral position for effecting the movement of the support in a rearward direction, an electric circuit including two terminals and a switch normally out of contact with both of said terminals and movable in one direction from its normal position into engagement with one of said terminals and in the reverse direction from its normal position intoengagement with the other of said terminals, an electric motor arranged in the circuit and connected to the driving element, and means for shifting the clutch member and for simultaneously shifting the switch into engagement with one of said terminals, substantially as'and for the purpose specified.

2. A target carrier comprising a movable support for the target, a rotatable driving shaft, driving pulleys loosely mounted on the shaft, a pulley located a distance from the shaft, a belt engaging the pulleys, the belt being connected to the target support, a clutch member mounted on and rotatable with the shaft between the driving pulleys, and normally occupying a neutral position and being movable in one direction into engagement with one of the driving and in the opposite direction into engagement with. the other driving pulley, an electric circuit having two terminals, and a switch in said circuit normally out of conpulleys V tact with both terminals and movable in one direction from its normal position into engagement with one of said terminals and in the opposite direction into engagement with the other of said terminals, an electric motor arranged in the circuit and connected to the driving shaft, and means for shifting the clutch member and for simultaneously moving the switch into engagement with one of the terminals, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twoattesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 22nd day of March, 1909.

ALBERT A. STILLMAN.

Witnesses:

S. DAVIS, E. K. SEEMILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

